TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Webb, Matthew D.
AU  - Warman, Casey
AU  - Sweetman, Arthur
        TI  - Targeting Tax Relief at Youth Employment
        PY  - 2016/Aug/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 10182
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp10182
        AB  - Canada's Youth Hires program was a targeted employment subsidy that rebated employment insurance premiums to employers with net increases in insurable earnings for youth aged 18-24. Using a difference-in-differences approach, in each of two datasets statistically and economically significant employment impacts are observed. Most of the evidence suggests that the 2-2.4 weeks of increased employment resulted from an aggregate reduction in those not in the labour force, with at most a modest change in the unemployment rate. Many estimated effects are larger for males than females. Notably, strong evidence of displacement (substitution away from slightly older non-subsidized workers) is not observed. However, there may be a small reduction in full-time schooling for the targeted group.
        KW  - targeted tax policy
KW  - unemployment
KW  - unemployment insurance
KW  - displacement
KW  - youth unemployment
        ER  -